From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: ajaskey@gnn.com (Andy Askey) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/21 Message-ID: <4ssfui$6dv@news-e2c.gnn.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169829338 references: <01bb73e3.1c6a0060$6bf467ce@dave.iceslimited.com> <1996Jul20.124025.122789@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4srb1i$n04@news-e2c.gnn.com> <4srrrj$jrl@news.ld.centuryinter.net> x-gnn-newsserver-posting-date: 21 Jul 1996 05:41:37 GMT organization: GNN newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: steidl@centuryinter.net wrote: >If you think you learned C++ (and OOP) in a month after only knowning >ForTran, then either you are fooling yourself, or you're a hell of a >lot smarter then me or anyone else I know. Most of the syntax can be >learned in a week or less. But OOP (and some of the more obscure >facets of C++) take much longer. >-Jeff >steidl@centuryinter.net - http://www.dont.i.wish.com/ >All opinions are my own, and are subject to change without notice. Jeff, I find OOD/OOP more of a state of mind than anything mystical and not immediately apparent. I guess I have also looked at all things objectively. System design and coding is an art form and it really does not take alot of brains. It is like the 5 year old who can play concert piano. The kid aint necessarily smart, he/she can just play piano. Don't make OOP out to be rocket science. The real amazing achievement, as I see it, is the fact that I was able to write Fortran code for 5 years without going nuts. -- May your karma be excellent for forgiving my spelling mishaps. Andy Askey ajaskey@gnn.com